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Special Service and Features
India has become preeminent nation in using technology for governance and development, says MoS MeitY, Shri Rajeev Chandrashekar
India has become a preeminent nation in using technology for governance and development, Shri Rajeev Chandrashekar, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology , said during the Industry Consultation on Draft National Data Centre & Cloud Policy.
The objective of the policy is to encourage the usage of indigenous platforms/solutions in the Data Centre and Cloud operations, said the Minister. He said the policy intends to facilitate setting up of energy efficient, sustainable and green data centres.
He said apart from the need of the National Data Centre, we need India centric cloud space. He said the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is open for the ideas from the industries and ready to make changes for the development of the nation.
Draft policy on National Data Centre intends to accelerate the growth in the projected Data Centre capacity in the country with a capacity addition of 2000 MW by 2027, said Shri Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Joint Secretary, MeitY.
Presently, India has around 499 MW installed power capacity for Data Centres and is projected to grow to 1007 MW by 2023 he added.
Component wise cost breakup for setting up of 5 MW Data Centre , and the list of common approvals along with the project phases required for setting up of Data Centres during pre-construction, construction and post construction phases were discussed.
Various suggestions including providing incentive for Local Value Addition were discussed. Around 300 industry representatives participated in this discussion in physical and virtual modes.
Special Service and Features
NEFT facility introduced for Post Office Savings Accounts
Post Office Savings Accounts customers can now transfer money between Post Office accounts and other bank accounts through Internet banking/ Mobile banking. This will make investment in POSB schemes easier. National Electronic Fund Transfer  is one of the payment products operated by RBI. NEFT Inward Remittance is allowed to PPF and SSA accounts also. Similarly, during closure of Accounts except SB, the funds can be credited to customer’s POSB account and further outward NEFT can be initiated through Post Office/Internet Banking / Mobile banking for desired Beneficiary bank accounts.
There will be only one IFSC for all branches/POs. IFSC for POSB customer is IPOS0000DOP.
NEFT services are available across counters during regular business hours of the Post Offices.
In addition, customers who are already registered users of India Post eBanking and mBanking services can also initiate outward NEFT transaction through those channels. The unregistered POSB customers can also avail NEFT facility after due registration.
Charges and Limits
Service charges for customer initiated NEFT outward transactions across counter are:
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₹ 2.50 + Applicable GST
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For transactions above ₹ 10,000 up to ₹ 1 lakh
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₹ 5 + Applicable GST
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For transactions above ₹ 1 lakh and up to ₹ 2 lakhs
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₹ 15 + Applicable GST
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₹ 25 + Applicable GST
However, no charges are levied for outward NEFT transactions initiated through eBanking & m-Banking channels.
Minimum & Maximum amount per transaction for NEFT Remittance across the counter is Rs.1/- and Rs.15, 00,000/- respectively.
The limit per transaction is Rs 2, 00,000/- for outward NEFT through eBanking & m-Banking channels. The maximum number of transactions permitted per day are five. Daily Transaction limit for outward NEFT initiated through eBanking & m-Banking services is Rs.10, 00,000/-.
There is a time variable transaction capping for eBanking & m-Banking to mitigate fraud risk. Hence maximum transaction limit for outward NEFT initiated through eBanking/m-Banking from 8 PM to 8 AM is Rs.2, 00,000/-.
The customer should have an active post office savings account to initiate outward NEFT remittance to other bank accounts.
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Commerce and Industry Minister meets the Industry and traders Association;Assures them that the Ministry is working to solve their problems
Ministry of Commerce and Industry today held interaction, through Video conferencing, with various Industry and Trade associations of the country to assess the ground situation and problems being faced by them in the wake of Covid-19 and subsequent lockdown. Union Commerce and Industry & Railways Minister Shri Piyush Goyal, MoS Shri Som Parkash, and officers of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry were present in the meeting.
The industry associations appraised the status and progress made in the last few days, since the announcement of the lockdown and similar meetings held since then. They raised the issues of liquidity crunch, orders cancellation, labour scarcity, different interpretation of the central Government’s orders by the state and district authorities, Trucks being stranded, difficulty in getting the spare parts, etc. At the same time, they informed that the situation has improved considerably in last fortnight, so much so that IT industry has been able to cover upto 95% of the ground. They also informed about their CSR activities, best practices and Community kitchens, being undertaken by the industries and traders.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal said that stress on economy and livelihood has to be protected but saving the lives of the people of the country is of prime importance. The decision on lockdown will be taken at appropriate time, after making due assessment, but gains made during the period can’t be lost, through a hurried approach. He drew their attention to certain states planning extension of the lockdown. Shri Goyal called upon the industry to have a calibrated and rational approach to the problem, by evolving protocols and procedures, which will help them in improving their productivity and efficiency, without compromising on the health security of their employees and other stakeholders. ”I think we should start talking more practical instead of making wish lists.”, he said.
Shri Goyal said that the Ministry is already working to solve the logistics and export-import related problems, and is also taking up other concerns of the industry and traders with various ministries. The Minister said that the labour, which had migrated recently, will return after the COVID cases start declining. On the demand of certain participants for early announcement of the relief package for the industry, the Minister said that the feedback received is being forwarded to the Finance Ministry for consideration, which is likely to take a balanced, nuanced approach. Shri Goyal appreciated the humanitarian activities undertaken by the Associations’ members. He called upon the associations to motivate their members and others to download the Aarogya Setu App, which he described as an effective technological tool to fight Covid-19.
The meeting was attended by Office bearers of CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, ICC, Laghu Udyog Bharati, FISME, NASSCOM, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SIAM, ACMA, IMTMA, IEEMA, CAIT and FAME.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
1233 tonnes of Fly Ash set sail from Ganga to Brahmaputra for a 2085 km long haul through National Waterways
The Consignment will pass through Three Waterways in Its Journey from Kahalgaon in Bihar to Pandu in Assam
In what is one of the longest hauls in Inland Water Sector  movement in the country, a consignment of bagged fly ash bound for Pandu Inland port in Assam sailed from Kahalgaon in Bihar on today.
Marking the commencement of a critical integrated movement through three Waterways, 1233 tonnes of fly ash – a by-product from National Thermal Power Corporation’s  Kahalgaon power plant- was flagged off at Kahalgaon on NW-1, river Ganga for Pandu on NW -2 ,river Brahmaputra. Two barges of 1000 tonnes capacity each, belonging to Inland Waterways Authority of India  will reach Pandu near Guwahati via the Indo Bangladesh Protocol  route in nearly 20 days covering a distance of 2085 Kilometres.
Fly ash is in huge demand as raw material in cement and brick industry and is also used for the purpose of land filling. The said consignment is to be delivered to M/s Star Cements for use in their cement plant in Guwahati.
Thursday’s movement will evince confidence and interest in the inland waterways industry and vessel operators as more than 10 such pilot movements have been successfully completed lately on various stretches of NWs. In July, IWAI launched a dedicated portal ‘FOCAL” to connect cargo owners and shippers with real time data on availability of vessels.
IWAI Chairman Pravir Pandey said , “More such movements of fly ash and pond ash from the Super Thermal Power Plants of NTPC are being planned on National Waterway-1”.
As part of IWAI’s commitment towards enabling an alternative mode of transport which is environment friendly and cost effective, substantial infrastructure development like multi-modal and inter-modal terminals, Roll on - Roll off  facilities, ferry services, navigation aids are underway.
Ministry of Defence
MANUFACTURING OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
In continuous pursuit of self reliance in defence manufacturing and to minimise import by DPSUs, the Government has notified a Positive Indigenisation list of sub-systems/assemblies/sub-assemblies/ components on 27th December 2021. The list contains 2,500 items which are already indigenised, and another 351 items for which there would be an embargo on imports beyond the timelines indicated against them. Addition of items in Positive Indigenisation List is a continuous activity which depends on the level of capabilities created in Indian Defence Industry.
In order to make India a global defence manufacturing hub, the Government has taken several policy initiatives in past few years under 'Make in India' programme and brought reforms to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country, thereby reducing dependency on imports in coming years. These initiatives, inter-alia, include according priority to procurement of capital items from domestic sources under Defence Acquisition Procedure  2020; Notification of two ‘Positive Indigenisation Lists’ of total 209 items of Services and one ‘Positive Indigenisation List’ of total 2,851 items of DPSUs, for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timelines indicated against them; Simplification of Industrial licensing process with longer validity period; Liberalisation of FDI policy allowing 74% FDI under automatic route; Simplification of Make Procedure; Launch of Innovations for Defence Excellence  scheme involving startups and MSMEs; Implementation of “Public Procurement , Order 2017; Launch of an indigenization portal namely SRIJAN to facilitate indigenisation by Indian Industry including MSMEs; Reforms in Offset policy with thrust on attracting investment and Transfer of Technology for Defence manufacturing by assigning higher multipliers; Establishment of two Defence Industrial Corridors one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The initiatives taken by the Government have resulted in enhancing the budget for Capital procurement through indigenous sources to 64% in the year 2020-21.
Government has issued 556 numbers of licenses till December 2021 to Indian companies for manufacturing of defence items. Further, 266 vendors have shown interest for indigenisation of items uploaded on the SRIJAN portal.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik and others in Lok Sabha on February 04, 2022.
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Ministry of Mines
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Argentine Republic on cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding  to be signed between the Ministry of Mines, Government of India and the Secretariat of Mining Policy of the Ministry of Productive Development of the Argentine Republic.
The MoU will provide an institutional mechanism for cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources.
The objectives of the MoU are to strengthen the activities involved like cooperation for encouraging minerals exploration and development, including extraction, mining and beneficiation of lithium; possibilities of forming joint venture in the field of base metals, critical and strategic minerals for mutual benefit; exchange of technical and scientific information and interchange of ideas and knowledge; training and capacity building; and promotion of investment and development in the area of mining activities, would serve the objective of innovation.
Ministry of Defence
Validation and Closing Ceremony
Indo Maldives joint exercise EKUVERIN – 2019
Indo-Maldives joint exercise Ex EKUVERIN–2019 culminated on 20 October 2019 with an impressive closing ceremony held at Foreign Training Node, Aundh Military Station, Pune. The 14 days military event that commenced on 07 October 2019 included joint training of the contingents in counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in semi urban environment under the UN mandate, developing interoperability and cohesion between both the contingents.
As part of validation exercise held on 20 October 2019, troops of both the armies carried out specialised joint counter-terrorist operations which was witnessed by dignitaries of both the armies. The validation exercise was reviewed by Major General JJ Mathews of the Indian Army in presence of senior officers of both the participating countries. The Maldivian side was represented by Brigadier General Waise Waheed. The exercise concluded on 20 October 2019 with a ceremonial closing ceremony.
Exercise EKUVERIN-2019 was very successful in increasing the bonhomie and camaraderie amongst both the participating nations. The troops shared best practices being followed by both nations in varied terrain and the exercise provided an opportunity to both the armies for greater understanding and strengthening mutual trust and cooperation..
Ministry of Education
Promotion of Indian Languages
The policy of the Government of India is to promote all Indian Languages and several steps taken in this regard. There are separate organisations for development and promotion of Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi and Sanskrit languages. Sanskrit Language is promoted through three Central Universities viz, Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi, ShriLalBahadurShastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi and National Sanskrit University, Tirupati. Hindi is promoted by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan  Agra, Central Hindi Directorate , New Delhi and Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology , New Delhi. Sindhi is promoted through National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language ,
New Delhi and Urdu is promoted through National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language , New Delhi. Central Institute of Indian Languages , Mysoreworks for the promotion of all Indian languages including Scheduled/Non-Scheduled and Classical languages namely Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Odia. Development and promotion of Classical Tamil is done by Central Institute of Classical Tamil , Chennai.
National Education Policy  2020 provides, wherever possible, for medium of instruction to be in the home language/ mother tongue/ local language upto at least class 5 and preferably upto class 8. The policy also provides for making available high quality text books in home language/ mother tongue and encouraging teachers to use bilingual approach while teaching. In addition to this, it provides for more Higher Educational Institutions  and more programmes in Higher Education to use the mother tongue/local language as a medium of instruction and/or offer programmes bilingually. All India Council for Technical education  has issued guidelines permitting technical education institutions to offer their courses in local languages also. So far 19 institutions from 10 states have started offering such courses. AICTE has developed a tool called AICTE Automation Artificial Intelligence Tool to translate English language online courses into 11 Indian languages. Translation of reference material for Engineering courses are made available in Regional languages on SWAYAM MOOCS portal. Course material including text books and teaching resources for Grades 1-12 are available on DIKSHA portal of the Government in 33 Indian languages and Indian Sign language. JEE and NEET exams are conducted in 13 Indian languages.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. SubhasSarkar in a written reply in the LokSabha today.
Special Service and Features
Head Constable  In Delhi Police Examination, 2022
Staff Selection Commission has published Notification for “Head Constable  In Delhi Police Examination, 2022” on 17.05.2022. The Commission will conduct an open competitive examination for recruitment of Head Constable  In Delhi Police. Candidates Candidates from all parts of the country will be eligible to apply.
Information regarding detail of post, age limit, essential educational qualification, fee payable, scheme of examination, how to apply, etc. are given in detail in the Recruitment Notice.
Applications must be submitted in online mode only through Commission’s website ssc.nic.in . The last date for submission of online applications is 16.06.2022  and last date for making online fee payment is 17.06.2022 .
In Southern Region, the Computer Based Examination will be held in September, 2022 in 20 Centres/Cities as follows: 10 Centres in Andhra Pradesh; 3 Centres in Telangana; 7 Centres in Tamil Nadu.
The Press Note is being issued for giving wider publicity for the benefit of prospective applicants, according to a press release issued by T.A.Kandhan, Deputy Director, Staff Selection Commission 
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Ministry of Law and Justice
LIVE STREAMING OF COURT PROCEEDINGS
The need for live streaming of court proceedings was highlighted during the pandemic, as courts functioned on virtual platforms and citizens had no direct access to it. In Swapnil Tripathi v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has advocated telecasting the court proceedings live in a move towards greater transparency of and in the courtroom. The chairperson of e Committee, Supreme Court of India had constituted a sub-committee to frame the Model rules of Live streaming. These rules have been framed and circulated by e Committee, Supreme Court of India to all High Courts for better implementation of live streaming of court proceedings and are available on the website of e Committee, Supreme Court of India.
The rules & procedure for live streaming of court proceedings in individual High Courts is an administrative matter of the concerned High Court that falls within the purview of the said High Courts and the Central Government has no direct role to play in the matter. As on 17.07.2023, Live Streaming of court proceedings has been started in High Courts of Gujarat, Guwahati, Orissa, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Patna and Madhya Pradesh thus allowing media and other interested persons to join the proceedings.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
UIDAI comes back to Global Fintech Fest with the theme “Reimagine Aadhaar”
UIDAI showcases its Product Enhancements and Collaboration with Industry Partners at GFF 2023
Unique Identity Authority of India  has constantly strived to provide seamless services to leverage the Aadhaar identity platform and support residents to avail a host of services at their fingertips.
This year UIDAI showcased its improved Face Authentication facility, powered by AI and ML engines, developed entirely in-house, under the theme of “reimagining Aadhaar #authentication” at the Global Fintech Festival in Mumbai.
Under its Volunteer Guideline 2022, the UIDAI has been encouraging industry and fintech partners to collaborate with UIDAI with larger objective to enable faster technology adoption and to find better solutions and products to serve the residents even better.
Under this policy the UIDAI worked closely over last few months with Airtel Payments Bank to improve the resident experience component for the face authentication. This was achieved through both teams working closely to ensure optimised capture under low light condition while integrating better fraud detection and prevention mechanisms.
Partner use-cases were also demonstrated like that of attendance systems for beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act  and for customer acquisition process by banks.
As part of GFF 2023, the UIDAI also facilitated an industry meet-up under the theme “reimagine Aadhaar #together” with executives of various fintech firms and associated ecosystem partners, with the intent to explore opportunities to collaborate, co-innovate and enable wider adoption of Aadhaar.
With an added focus on innovation, the UIDAI also presented the roadmap to enable innovation within a new Sandbox environment and a dedicated state-of-the-art Innovation Lab at the UIDAI Tech Centre to facilitate R&D and innovation.
This was yet another step by team UIDAI to encourage all academia and industry partners to work closely together for resident enablement towards secure, seamless and inclusive usage of Aadhaar.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah says that a true leader stands by his people through every circumstance
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji flew directly to Bengaluru from Greece this morning, to meet the ISRO scientists behind India's successful moon mission, Chandrayaan 3
His inspiring address to the scientists in Bengaluru was an ode to India's stupendous achievement that reached the skies
23rd of August is a historic day for India, as it marks the accomplishment of its lunar mission Chandrayaan 3
Today, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji announced it as 'National Space Day', so that the story of India's scientists' success behind this mission reaches every future generation
This decision will continue to inspire Indian scientists to achieve newer heights in the realm of space exploration, holding the pride of the 'Tiranga' aloft
With the historic success of India's lunar mission, our scientists have imprinted an indelible mark on the sands of time
To commemorate this achievement, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji named the landing spot of Chandrayaan-3 'Shivshakti,' and the location where Chandrayaan-2 fell 'Tiranga’, to remind us that 'No failure is permanent'
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah has said that a true leader stands by his people through every circumstance. In a series of his post on X, Shri Amit Shah said, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji flew directly to Bengaluru from Greece this morning, to meet the ISRO scientists behind India's successful moon mission, Chandrayaan 3. His inspiring address to the scientists in Bengaluru was an ode to India's stupendous achievement that reached the skies.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that the 23rd of August is a historic day for India, as it marks the accomplishment of its lunar mission Chandrayaan 3. Today, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji announced it as 'National Space Day', so that the story of India's scientists' success behind this mission reaches every future generation. This decision will continue to inspire Indian scientists to achieve newer heights in the realm of space exploration, holding the pride of the 'Tiranga' aloft.
Shri Amit Shah said that with the historic success of India's lunar mission, our scientists have imprinted an indelible mark on the sands of time. To commemorate this achievement, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji named the landing spot of Chandrayaan-3 'Shivshakti,' and the location where Chandrayaan-2 fell 'Tiranga’, to remind us that 'No failure is permanent.'